I’m an Associate Professor of Political Philosophy in the Department of Government at the London School of Economics. I work in democratic theory and the philosophy of the social sciences. Among my research interests are group decisions, social epistemology (and especially epistemic justifications of democracy), the ethics of environmental change, and the methodology of political theory and political science.

Emailk.spiekermann@lse.ac.uk

Office hoursWednesdays 15:00-17:00. Please book on LfY to see available slots.

News

Christian List and I have analyzed the first and second round of “Indicative Votes” in the House of Commons and find that MPs show a certain level of “meta-consensus”. The analysis is on the LSE Brexit Blog. There is also a PDF of the first submitted version and a document with more technical information).

I am the winner of the student-led Teaching Excellence Award in the category of Sharing Subject Knowledge.

"An Epistemic Theory of Democracy" (joint work with Bob Goodin, ANU) with Oxford University Press is now available at all good booksellers (and also on Oxford Scholarship Online).

I'm part of the London Cooperative, a joint paper writing network consisting of David Axelsen, Holly Lawford-Smith, Adam Slavny, and myself. We're writing four co-authored papers on a diverse range of topics. Watch this space for more information.